State v. Weatherford

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PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY
PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Joshua
Weatherford, Appellant.

Appeal From Darlington County

James E. Lockemy, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2009-UP-078

Submitted February 2, 2009 – Filed
February 11, 2009 

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender Eleanor Duffy Cleary, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all
of Columbia; and Solicitor Jay E. Hodge, Jr., for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Joshua
Weatherford appeals his guilty plea to second-degree criminal sexual conduct with
a minor and nine year sentence.  Weatherford argues his guilty plea did not
comply with the mandates set forth in Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238
(1969).  After a thorough
review of the record and counsel's brief pursuant to Anders v. California,
386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357
(1991), we dismiss the appeal and grant counsel’s motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED. 

SHORT,
THOMAS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

[1] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to
Rule 215, SCACR.